Artist Information:
Viet Tran
Victoria,
Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
 send an email
|
|
Artist Statement:
Art viewers normally get lost
in abstract paintings in
general, the figures in Tran’s
collages were intended to
serve as a focus point to lead
viewers to a broad and
uncluttered perspective of the
chaotic and abstract
background of these collages.
Tran tried to generate
viewers’ curiosity, feelings,
and interpretation about
movements and activities from
these collages.
Tran’s collages give viewers
an illusion that they were
painted in oil or acrylic.
Unlike painters who have total
freedom of selecting and
creating colour palette for
their paintings, Tran does not
apply any type of paint on his
collage. Therefore, he depends
strictly on colours from
magazines. Tran enjoys the
unconventional process of
manipulating colour and
unpredictable outcome. Each
collage is unique, because it
can neither be cloned nor
recreated even by the artist
himself.
Tran’s art reflects his
confusion from dualistic
concept of Yin and Yang, Dream
and Reality, Sanity and
Insanity, Suffering and
Happiness, etc.
An art viewer may take a close
look at Tran’s collages to
detect movements, a chaotic
world of colors, and shapes
from messy layers of pieces of
ripped magazines rebelliously
fighting against each other.
However, as the art viewer
slowly steps ...
Further Information
| |
Artist Exhibitions:
Coming Solo Show
Title: Five Elements
A series of 28 nude collage
CACGV Gallery, Greater
Victoria, BC, Canada
June 26 to July 9 2008
More info.
Email: vietcanada4@hotmail.com
...
Further Information
|
|
Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Collections:
Coming Soon!
|
|
Commissions:
Coming Soon!
|
|
|
Viet Tran's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Viet Tran's Portfolio. Browse Viet Tran's body of work: Art viewers normally get lost in abstract paintings in general, the figures in Tran’s collages were intended to serve as a focus point to lead viewers to a broad and uncluttered perspective of the chaotic and abstract background of these collages. Tran tried to generate viewers’ curiosity, feelings, and interpretation about movements and activities from these collages.
Tran’s collages give viewers an illusion that they were painted in oil or acrylic. Unlike painters who have total freedom of selecting and creating colour palette for their paintings, Tran does not apply any type of paint on his collage. Therefore, ... |
|
Ogden Point Breakwater, 2008
Collage,
28 x 22 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 7000
€: 4471
UK £: 3465
¥en: 695282
|
Victoria Inner Habour , 2008
Collage,
28 x 22 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 10000
€: 6387
UK £: 4950
¥en: 993261
|
Hawaiian Nude, 2007
Collage,
14 x 22 inches
Price: US$ 2500
€: 1596
UK £: 1237
¥en: 248315
|
Reflection, 2007
Collage,
14 x 22 inches
Price: US$ 3500
€: 2235
UK £: 1732
¥en: 347641
|
Spring Thaw, 2007
Collage,
22 x 28 inches
Price: US$ 5000
€: 3193
UK £: 2475
¥en: 496630
|
Red Hat N Blue Couch, 2007
Collage,
14 x 22 inches
Price: US$ 1500
€: 958
UK £: 742
¥en: 148989
|
|
|
